Sep 24, 2016 Sep 24, 2016 Updated Mar 12, 2018 GOLIAD - Less than a mile outside the small, sprouting community of Goliad lie two concrete portals to the past - the centuries-worn ruins of Presidio La ...
ORG XMIT: *S19281FF8* 1/08/08---Mission Espiritu Santo at Goliad State Park in Goliad, Texas. Tuesday January 08, 2008. ERICH SCHLEGEL / 126665 Editor's note: Take a look back into The Dallas Morning ...
One of the most notorious incidents of the Texas Revolution was the Goliad “Massacre,” the Santa Anna-ordered execution of the Texian prisoners captured after the Battle of Coleto Creek. While ...
The Mission Espiritu Santo, ablaze in white lights, has thrilled visitors at Christmas for more than two decades. But this holiday season, the lights are out. Officials say the decorations have ...
There is a word that hangs over Estella Zermeño’s shoulder like a sack of bricks, and to explain to you why, she must sit down on a green leather couch in her home and take them out one by one.
The Goliad massacre occurred on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, three weeks to the day after the fall of the Alamo. About three weeks later Sam Houston led Texian forces to a surprise victory at the ...
A version of this story ran in the May 2013 issue. For 28 years, Texans have been coming to Goliad, in March, to die. Dressed in authentic period uniforms, historical reenactors do battle outside the ...
The Angel of Goliad distinguished herself during the bloody months of the Texas Revolution with her compassion. The story of Francita Alavez's efforts to save Texan prisoners from execution by the ...
GOLIAD, Texas (Kiii News) — The Coastal Bend is well south of Tornado Alley, but that doesn't mean we haven't had our fair share of twisters over the years. In fact, one hit back in 1902 and ...